The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1887-03-24
Inlvs sac JAWS of Death.

Monday morning, the l4th, passenger
train on the Boston and Providence Il. R.,
on the Dedham branch, broke through the
Bussey Park Bridge. Five OF the seven
coaches went down, and the latest account
SAYS 81 were killed and 49 injured. The
breaking of car trauk caused the accident.
ADDITIoNAL-The number of injured now
reported is very nearly one hundred in ad
dition to the thirty three killed. Some of
the injured may die, but not over one
fourth of the number are seriously hurt.
The accident occurred within five miles of
Boston, the passengers being mostly per-
and employment, and all the cars were well
filled. For once the car-stOve had no part
in the calamity. An inspection of the wreck
reveals the fact that the eight cars compris-
ing the train were jumbled into complete
wreck From the location Of the wrecked
passed over the bridge safely. The struc-
ture evideatly gave way when the fourth
car was passing over it, The tive rear cars
went through to the roadway, landing, q
mass Of splinters in the street The strain
OF the five falling cars pulled the three
.emained on top of the empankment, but
were pulled off the trucks and the floor of
each forced nearly to the roof, while the
seats were iumbled together with great con-
fusion. The end of the second coach was q
mass Of splinters, caused by the car ahead
grinding against it when the others went
down the embankment. The third coach
was fiattened to the ground as il it had
fallen on its trucks from great height, al
though it remainedl on the edge Of the en-
bankment. The roof Of the fourth car also
remained on the embankment, having evil
ings where the coach went through The
next four cars went down in a heap, the
smoker, which was on the rear of the train,
falling in the midst of the coaches and be-
ing actually ground into small splinters.
The occupants pants. of, OF the smoke smoker
The bridge, where the disaster transpired,
was mile from Jamica Plains. was l04 feet
in length and 20 feet high, spanning road
way. A passenger relates that q moment
before the accident he noticed journal
hanging down between the first and second
cars, and this it Is said would account for
carrying the whole bridge off the abutment.
The bridge was built eleven years ago, and
bad flaw has been found near the end of a
IL inch truss which rests few feet above the
debris. It shows diagonal fracture of the
iron II inches long, on which eight inches is
black with rust, while the rest Of the fracture
is fresh The scene at the wreck was OF inde-
scribe anguish that no pen can relate. 1t
is believed that in one car not q person es-
capped with life. aud the mutilation of
todies exceeded any in the history Of such
calamities.
Among the terrible incidents Of the dis
aster the following are related: In some
places were found fragments ofuflesh and
pieces Of clothing, which had belonged to
some victim whose remains had previously
been removal. There was blood over
everything. Most OF the pieces Of clothing
found were from the garments OF women,
and the fatality among them was proper
tionately greater. In one place the bodies
Of seven women we're taken out, all hor-
ribly 4aangisd. A pathetic sight was that
of two girls Whose arms were clasped
around one an0tAer In the embrace OF